For the purpose of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘participating States’ means the Member States, the candidate countries having signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commission, and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein;

2. (b)

   ‘third countries’ means countries not participating in the mechanismF1;

3. (c)

   F2‘intervention teams’ means the human and material resources including civil protection modules (as referred to in Articles 3a, 3b and 3c) set-up by the Member States for civil protection interventions;

4. (d)

   ‘technical assistance support teams’ means the human and material resources set-up by the Member States to fulfil support tasks.